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Aaand, There It Is !!

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:12:16 GMT

I did a thread last week about our mild NE PA winter. Ha, this morning a lovely 5 #&^%@$ degrees plus a strong wind. IT takes your breath away when you first go out. There is the NE PA winter weather that sux.

Still not what I'd call a "real" snow even though the ground has been white since Friday. A paltry 3-3.5 inches is nothing, but man is it freakin freezing.

My furnace is running like it's in a marathon. I just picture $ disappearing every time it turns on. Yikes. I guess it is to warm up to 30s later in the week.

On the upside it is sunny and we are gaining a minute or 2 of daylight every day and it is not dark at 5pm. Less of the double whammy, freezing and dark.

I should have kept my mouth shut. lol

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LindaSal — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:18:56 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Oh so this is your fault ?! LOL, just kidding. Pretty chilly in RI today and I guess your 5 degrees is heading here tonight with tomorrow a high of 17 but with wind chills below zero all day.......now that's winter in a nutshell! Stay warm

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PhilaLady1 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:25:00 GMT

About the same in SE PA. Shiver me timbers.

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DrakesMomma — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:26:09 GMT

I'm about 45 minutes south of Cleveland. We are having the same kinda winter. We haven't had measurable snow yet.

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Winkk — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:30:56 GMT

I'm in NE PA with you. I hate winter. I would like to go from December right to April.

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Othereeeen — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:36:04 GMT

NW PA here....southeast of Lake Erie... which is dropping on my driveway as I type...

Wind is brutal...making snow dustdevils.....and it's from bright sunshine on minute to white out the next....4-6" predicted here...

BUT...30's by Wednesday....a mere 48 hours away....so let's get thru it and done...

Every day it's above 30 I like it....a LOT easier to do everything outside, easier on the heating equipment, and one day closer to spring...

Not to rush life away, but it's only 49 days til March 1...I know it's not really "spring" but I like saying "march" much more than "November" ( when the whole winter strectches out in front of us....)

We've had abotu 6 inches TOTAL in 3 storms where I live this fall.No snowblower yet. I shovel it for exercise ( to a point!)

20 degs right now ( Noonish) but single digits tonight....When that blows over UN frozen Lake Erie.....watch out!!!

I will keep my heat up and buy one less gew gah from QVC. to pay for it.

As long as I'm above ground, I'm gonna be WARM!!

PS: Anyone dig out thier "Comfy" today? I did!!!

Things I did to keep warm when I got chilly today....I vaccuumed my house.....and I worked out on my Total Gym for 20 minutes. Squats warm you up good!!!

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:48:53 GMT

Our little group of feral cats are in the insulated houses we made. Out of the bitter cold with dry straw for everyone to snooze on.

I worry about the people and animals that might not have a warm place to go.

My son is apt to be in a cherry picker today repairing lines. I worry, not only about the freezing cold, but people driving past his truck parked along the road while he is up there, especially when there might be slippery conditions.

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meallen616 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:49:21 GMT

In New Jersey right now it's 31 degrees and cloudy. Tomorrow they say down to around 14. So far, no more snow till Sunday sometime?? We'll see...

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KathyM23 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:25:33 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 I was just going to post about worrying about the poor outside animals and people without warm places to be. Thank you for providing shelter.

Like you son is in a cherry picker repairing electric lines today and our temp is 23. Was called out 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning also.

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twinsister — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:26:46 GMT

In NYC today it is in the 30's, but with wind chill feels like the 20's. Tomorrow the high will only be 15!

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embgm — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:41:19 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
I did a thread last week about our mild NE PA winter. Ha, this morning a lovely 5 #&^%@$ degrees plus a strong wind. IT takes your breath away when you first go out. There is the NE PA winter weather that sux.

Still not what I'd call a "real" snow even though the ground has been white since Friday. A paltry 3-3.5 inches is nothing, but man is it freakin freezing.

My furnace is running like it's in a marathon. I just picture $ disappearing every time it turns on. Yikes. I guess it is to warm up to 30s later in the week.

On the upside it is sunny and we are gaining a minute or 2 of daylight every day and it is not dark at 5pm. Less of the double whammy, freezing and dark.

I should have kept my mouth shut. lol

It's colder here in South Central Pa, only in the 20's today with about 5 inches of snow on Friday. When we moved here from Long Island one of the very first things I noticed was that it was still light out till almost 5pm here. On Long Island it's dark at 4:30 in January! Never even gave this a thought till we moved here!

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:45:33 GMT

@Othereeeen Yeah, about March. I don't get too excited about March here in PA. We have had some doozies of snow storms in that lovely month. 1993, blizzard round the middle of March. The piles of snow were insane.

April 1st is my target date.

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PA Mom-mom — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:51:59 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 I thought about your post on Friday morning. What a beautiful snow! Our back patio always looks crazy when the chairs are covered with snow and my potted herbs are wondering what happened. I for one am hoping for more snow, but I feel for those people who have to be driving in it.

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haddon9 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:12:31 GMT

Looks like there are a lot of us in PA. I'm in SE PA near the Jersey border. Very cold and it's just the beginning of winter! Looking forward to warmer weather!

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Leeny — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:14:35 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2

You could have it worse... I live in Wisconsin and we've been in the "deep" freeze for about 4 days. The high for today is 5. Last night we were at about 15 below. Welcome to Wisconsin Winters...lol

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spumoni99 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:14:47 GMT

I worry about the one feral kitty I feed and I am in CA where it rarely goes below 32 degrees I have a heated pad for him that I turn on every night. Glad you have outdoor shelter for the kitties, bless you for doing this.

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Citrine1 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:18:59 GMT

Yep, cold here in Philly. Button up -- it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow.

Truth be told, I'll take this over the long stretches of 90 degree plus days with humidity thrown in. Yuck.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:24:52 GMT

@spumoni99 Currently we have 7 that are always around. We feed them 2x a day. When the weather is like this my daughter buys cartons of cat milk and adds a little hot water to warm it upand gives tha along with their dry food. She wants something warm in their stomaches on 5 degree days.

The know what time breakfast and supper are and are always waiting.

This am she said a couple looked out the opening of the shelters and just said, "nope, too darn cold to come out right now."

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twinny70 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:30:30 GMT

@Citrine1 wrote:
Yep, cold here in Philly. Button up -- it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow.

Truth be told, I'll take this over the long stretches of 90 degree plus days with humidity thrown in. Yuck.

Me too. I hate summer.

Glenda